House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2026
Official title: To lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. James McGovern D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 12, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7521.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McGOVERN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 30, February 12, 2026, Page H2220):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7521, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7521
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
30 cosponsors — 30 Democrats
0 of 30 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), André Carson (D-IN), Greg Casar (D-TX), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Jesús García (D-IL), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Maxine Waters (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James McGovern.
- H.R. 1834 (119th) To advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.
- H.Res. 780 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1834) to advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.
- H.Res. 887 (119th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 5439 (119th) Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act
- H.Con.Res. 68 (119th) To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.
- H.Res. 317 (119th) Urging the United States to lead the world back from the brink of nuclear war and halt and reverse the nuclear arms race.
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.